[ZPT] Mini proposal: repeat-define and repeat-condition

[Jamie Heilman]

Fernando Martins wrote:
> How about having the grammar:
> 
> argument ::= variable_name expression [; condition] [;define-var]*
> define_var ::= variable_name expression
> variable_name ::= Name
> condition ::= expression
> 
> Or, more flexible but with tricky semantics:
> 
> argument ::= variable_name expression [;define-var | condition]*
> define_var ::= variable_name expression
> variable_name ::= Name
> condition ::= expression

These are the most sane suggestions to date.  They don't break
backwards compatability, and they don't needlessly bloat the TAL
operation set.  I don't have any arguments against this approach, does
anyone?

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